Improvement in fruit-cans



einen eine @sind @time JOSEPH S. SHANEMAN AND JOSEPH S.l HOON, OE BEAVER FALLS,

PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 112,082, dated February 2,1, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN FRUIT-CANS.

' The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent ana making part of the same.

.To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that we, JOSEPH S. SHANEMAN and JOSEPH S. Hoon, of Beaver Falls, iu the county of Beaverl and inthe State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in- Frnit-Cans; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the acccompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon making a part of this specification.

TheV nature of our invention consists in the oonstrnction and arrangement of a i fruit-can, as will be hereinafterniore fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which vour invention appertains to make and use the same, we will now proceed to describe its. construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which-- Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section, and

Figure 2, a side elevation of our fruit-can.

A represents a can, made of tin' or other suitable material, suitable for holding and preserving allkinds of fruit.

It is made of any size or shape required, and provided with an oblong air-tight spigot, B, near the bottom, ou one side, for the purpose of extracting the fruit from the can.

Inside of the can A isa plunger, C, made of tin or other suitable material, with rubber packing a around itto make it air-tight` l An air-tube, b, is inserted in the plunger C, so that when the fruit is pnt in the can and the plunger is B at the bottom, and turn the screw E above so as to force the plunger down, thereby forcing the Vfruit through the spigot. By keeping the plunger pressed down on the fruit there cannot any air get into the can until all the fruit is taken out. v

The fruit may be taken out'in small quantities at a time', and by keeping the plunger screwed down the4 balance of the fruit will still remain free from any air whatever. l Having thus fully described our invention,

XVhat -We claim as' new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is rIhe plunger-,0, provided with packing a and airtube l), and used in a fruit-can substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we hare hereunto set our hands this 23d day of November,

y JOSEPH S. SHANEMAN. Witnesses: JOSEPH S. HOON.

O. W. TAYLOR, JAMns M. HooN. 

